Fox Corporation (FOX) vs Live Nation Entertainment, Inc. (LYV)

Fox Corporation and Live Nation Entertainment, Inc. are both Entertainment companies. Live Nation Entertainment, Inc. is the larger, with a market value of $40.3B against $25.8B — 1.6× the size. Live Nation Entertainment, Inc. has negative trailing earnings, so its P/E is not meaningful; Fox Corporation trades at 14.8×. Live Nation Entertainment, Inc. grew revenue faster over the last twelve months: 10.8% against 5.07%. Fox Corporation has the higher net margin (9.84% vs −1.58%) and the lower return on invested capital (15.5% vs 56.6%). Across the 21 metrics below, Fox Corporation leads on 15 and Live Nation Entertainment, Inc. on 6.

Valuation

Metric FOX LYV Entertainment median
P/E 14.76 n/m 22.03
P/S 1.42 1.52 1.47
P/B 2.08 52.73 2.00
Price to free cash flow 16.60 28.54 16.60
EV/EBITDA 7.01 24.92 9.65
EV/Sales 1.60 1.52 1.76
Earnings yield 6.77% (0.65%) (0.67%)
Free cash flow yield 6.02% 3.50% 3.26%

Profitability

Metric FOX LYV Entertainment median
Gross margin 36.63% 25.78% 45.02%
Operating margin 20.41% 3.05% 2.30%
Net margin 9.84% (1.58%) 0.00%
Free cash flow margin 8.57% 5.34% 1.56%
Return on equity 14.16% (49.43%) 0.00%
Return on assets 7.38% (1.62%) 0.00%
Return on invested capital 15.46% 56.58% 0.00%

Growth

Metric FOX LYV Entertainment median
Revenue growth (TTM) 5.07% 10.75% 5.07%
EPS growth (last fiscal year) (21.79%) (108.76%) —
Revenue growth, 5-year CAGR 5.82% 68.39% 10.25%
Net income growth, 5-year CAGR (4.76%) 0.00% 0.00%

Health

Metric FOX LYV Entertainment median
Debt to equity 0.56 12.18 0.46
Current ratio 3.17 0.85 0.86
Net debt to EBITDA 0.61 0.55 0.72

Dividend

Metric FOX LYV Entertainment median
Dividend yield 1.98% — 1.16%
Payout ratio 0.21 0.00 0.00

Size

Metric FOX LYV Entertainment median
Market cap 25.76b 40.31b 1.87b

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